ISic001098: I.Sicily inscription 001098

ID
ISic001098
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
honorific
Object type
unknown
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based upon the edition of Kaibel, who makes a number of assumptions about mistranscribed letters in Tardia

Physical description

Support

Description
No description is provided, but a statue base seems likely from the fragmentary text recorded.
Object type
unknown
Material
stone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The main text appears to consist of an honorific followed by at least four lines of what Kaible conjectures to be a verse couplet; a further three lines of letters are described as sitting to the right of the main text, in an uncertain relationship.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lilybaeum
Provenance found
Recorded as 'in casa del S.D. Vincenzo Clavica", in a manuscript of Francesco Tardia (1732-1778).

Current location

lost

Date

Third, or more likely fourth century CE based upon the text. (AD 200 – AD 400)
Evidence
textual-context

Text type

honorific

commentary

Potentially a public honorific, including a verse epigram. It is unclear what relationship the short (incomplete? fragmentary?) text inscribed alongside the main text has to the main text.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
2/17/2024